Apartment-house with disappearing bed.



No. 939,999. PATBNTED JAN. 1, 1907. I L. HOLMES.

APARTMENT HOUSE WITH DISAPPEARING BED.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 90, 1905. I

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L. HOLMES. APARTMENT HOUSE WITH DISAPPEARING BED.

APPLIIOATION FILED we; so, 1905.

PATENTED JAN. 1, 1907.

L. HOLMES.

APARTMENT HOUSE WITH DISAPPEARING BED.

APPLICATION FILED AUG 30, 1905.

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. To wllwho"nt it concern:

' citiz'en of the ,United States, residing at Los [the bed hasbeen tilted or up-ended to sethat with such: construction a large portion of as-a surface of the wall. 7 With such construc- "wall will be left when the bed is in position into concealed position and for bringing it.

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where the bed-concealin of a portion of the'wall v thefbed is to be used the bottom of the bed lot the bed-c ambering recess when the bed is known, which can bemore easily changed from positionfor use to that of storage, and. which will at all-times remain in horizontal position and "can. be instantly put into corn ce'aled position withoutsadjus-ting or fasten-.

to reduce to a minimum the visible space cc 'i .s'rArns PATENT OFFICE.

LAwnENc HOLMES, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

QAPARTMENFH USE ITH DISAPPEARING BED.

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE HoLM-Es, a

Angeles, in the' county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a'newand useful Apartment-House with Disappearing following is a specification.

e day for the an apartment with a "concealed bed adapted to utilize .pace which heretofore has been of no orof but slight utility,

' Heretofore, so fares I am aware, in cases means is formed o the room in which hasb ,een constructed-to servelthi's office and (cure the concealment. Al /objection. tosuch construction is'the necessity of first securing the bedclothes ,"and' pillows before conceal ng the bed. Another objection is 1 the wall of the room is subject to disturbance, because splarge a surface of the bed is used tion a more or less unsightly opening in'the for'use unless two closures or movable wallsurfaces be rovided'one to close the mouth in stored' position and the other to close it whenthe' bed is inosition for use. Another .objection to thetilting bed'is that considerable strength is requiredfor putting the bed again to the horizontal position, thus requiringtheinse of counterbalancing weights or springs. 1 1 j An object of this invention is to provide an apartmentwith a'co'ncealed bed which will be more convenient than any heretofore ing the bedclothes or pillows 1n place and; Without disturbing any articles that may be 1 Another object is to enable the constructor p I Specification of Letters Patent.- Application filed August ac, 1 05. Serial No. 276,343.

, bered under a bath-room, clothes-closet, or

Patented Jan. 1, i907.

cupied by the bed-concealing means when the bed is stored.

Iattain the objects and avoid the objectrons stated by constructing an end board or side board-of the bed as a'detached portion of a wall of the apartment, providing rearwardly from .such portion a recess deep enough to chamber thebed, and mounting the bed on rollers theaxes of which are parallel with such end board or side board, and chamberin the bed in such recess. By this method 0 construction strangers to the room. may be kept in absolute ignorance of thefact that the same is adapted for useas-a sleeping-apartment and the Wall of the room turbed use for other purposes.

In some instances aportion of the baseboard of a room may be formed as the side or end board of a bed, and such bed may be mounted in a recess behind such portion on rollerswhich are adjustable relative tothe bed, so that the bed may be bodily raised a distance above the floor when drawn out into theroom and may be lowered again to enter the recess; In other instances the side ,or

endboard of the bed may be formed like the front of one or more drawers for the base of a china-closet, clothes-press, or sideboard. Other forms in which the side or end board can be almost wholly devoted to undisofthe bed may be made may occur tothe constructor and be used-without departing from this invention. The bed may be chamany other room that may be desired.

e I shall" not enter into illustration or description of all the forms in which the-invenl tion may be embodied and shall show. the

bed as applied with an end board-viz., its

In this connection it is to be understood that the front of a china-closet or other device built into the'wallis'regarded as a part of such wall.

Another, object of theinyention is to pro- [00 vide a compact and convenient'construction for apartments adapted to general hous'e' keeping. In this connection I construct a dining roo'm, kitchen, and pantry 0ncoin-v --.vided between the dining-roomhnd pantry,

and a bath-room having a raised floor beheadboard or footboard formed as a por- 5 tion of the wall.

mon floor, the dining-roomand pantry ex- I'o5 'tweenthe dining-roomarrd pantry, beneath 1 1o which a'bed may be chambered. I also proyide a clothes-closet the floor of which is common with that of the bath-room and may be applied. Figure 1 is a which occupies an angle formed. between the walls of the bath-room and the pantry, and

I provide-a large linen-drawer chambered fragmental plan of anapartment-house embodying this invention with the bed chambered beneath a china-closet.

and bath and toilet room and adapted to be drawn outinto a dining-room. A kitchen, pantry, and clothes-closet are also shown,

with drawer beneath the clothes-closet ar-- ranged to be drawn out into the pantry.

Fig. 2 is'a fragmental view of one side of a parlor or reception-room provided with a bed in a wall that may be ornamented in anyway desired, the bed being largely chambered behind the base-board. of the wall. Fig. 3 is a fragmental perspective view of an apartment similar to that shown in Fig. 1 with disappearing bed in position in the recess. The wall ornamentation 1s different from what will be employed in the form shown in Fig.1. Fig. 4 is a fragmental sectional view with the bed rolled out into position for use and held by its catch. The dotted lines indicate position parts would assume if the bed wereelevated, as it may be,- when detached from the wall.. Fig. 5 is a view showing a bed rolled out fully and detached from'the wall, which hasa chinaoloset built into it. Fig. 6 is a fragmental view further illustrating the invention.

In the several views, except the first and second, the door-closures are omitted from the drawings for convenience.

1 represents a bed of an ordinary construction provlded with rollers 2, which may be adjustable or may be fixed in boxes 3, fastened to the bedstead.

4 is a recess formed in the apartment struc ture a of proper size to chamber the bed, the floor 5 of such recess being a continuation of the floor 6 of the apartment and the bed being horizontal.

7 indicates .a ventilator leading in the usual way from outside the building. and opening through the iloor of the recess for the ventilation of the bedclothos during the day when the bed is in position in the recess.

The vent V from the recess may be through hollow walls W in the usual way. Above the recess 4 I have shown in Fig. 6 a clothescloset 8 and a sideboard 9, the top 10 for said recess being formed of the lloor of said clothes-closet and the bottom of the side board and being of sullicient height above the floor 5 of the recess to allow the bedstead 1 to readily l int-0., the recess and be similar shaft or pivot 17, they are chambered therein without any-waste of space. The foot or head board 11 of the bed stead, I

such size thatit neatly closes and conceals the mouth of the recess when the'bed is in' position in the recess, as. shown in Figs. 2,3, and 6. In Figs. land 3 the recess isshown formed beneath a bath-room. In Fig; 6 it is shown beneath a sideboard and a clothes-' closet. I v

.It will be understood by this construction that I am enabled to utilizespace which here-' tofore has been of little or no value, for the forming. a part ofthe bedstead,.is oi;

reason that the full ceiling height of apar'tments is seldom used in Sideboards, clothe s closets, china-closets, storero,oms,=, andothe like and is not necessary in bath-rooms.-

12 designates steps between and that of the bath-room or closet;

In Figs. 3 and, 4 the form of my bed adaptthe main flooredto be raised for'use and loweredfor storage underneath bat-h-rooms',' stor'eerooms, and the like is shown. In such cases the from eighteen inches to 'twoi'eet, more or ss, above the main floor 5 steps 12 be providedbetween themain and the other floor. Asthe full ceiling'height of the apartment is not necessary in bath-rooms and closets, the placing of. the bed underneath such rooms will not'reduce their utility; but owing to the desirability of having the secondary floor 13 as low as possiblewithout requiring the use of an unusually low bed I have provided means whereby the bedstead may be raised and lowered after it has been rolled outonto the apartment-floor, thus adapting the bed for use at a level higher than the recess. Suchmeans may be variously constructed. Oneforin is shown in Fig. 4; ends of levers 16 pivoted at 17 to the bedstead 1. A- handle 18 on one of the levers The rollers are mounted on-the' 'floor 13 of the bath-room or the-like'niav be 9. '6 and one'or more provides for their actuation, the levers being connected by a connecting-rod 19. A set of such levers and rollers-maybe used on each side of the bed, or shaft 17 maybe continued across the bedstead tooperate a so newhat form of levers-on theoppos te 's1de.

The details'ot the construction are not shown in the drawings, as I any particular form. When it is desired to raise the bedstead, the lever 16 is raised by pulling upward on the handle 18, thereby shifting the rollers. into theposition shown n dotted lines in Fig.v 4 and; raising thebed into the position shown in dotted lines. W'her the rollers; have passed a vertical drawn from locked against further movement by means of a stop 21 on the bed-rail in the path of handle 18.

In the fiorm shownin Fig. 1.22 isv a combmed sitting-room, dining-room, and edroom, 23 a k1tchen,-2-t a pantry, and 25 2t),

halls, all on the main floor 6, while 27 is a donot limit myself to bath room, and 28 a clothes-closet, both on the secondaryfloor 13. 9 designates a chinacloset, sideboard, or the like between the bathroom and dining-room. The bed 1 for room 22 runs into a recess 4 under the china: closet or sideboard. 2,9 designates a linen drawer in the recess beneath the floor 13 of clothes-room 28.-

What .I' claim isi 1. A building providedwith three adjoinin rooms having a common floor at one leve and a space between two of said rooms, and a floor at a hi her level in said space, said space being thus tormed into another room with a recess'below the same, an opening being provided into said recess from one ofsaid rooms.

2. A building provided with two rooms of unequal'length spaced apart, a third room adjoining said two-rooms, floors: for said rooms; an L.-shaped secondary floor arranged above the level of the first-named-fioors, a

1 bath-room and clothes-closet above said secondary floor; a bed under the bath-room floor arranged to be drawn out into one of the first-mentioned rooms, and a drawer under the clothes-closet and'arranged to be drawn 4 out.into another of said rooms.

3. A building provided with adjoining roomsanda recess extending abovethe level 40 of the floor of one of the rooms and below the H floor of the other rooms, and a bed adapted to normally chamber in said recess.

4. A building provided withadjoining rooms, and a recess opening from one room room, and a and extcndin below the floor of the other ed plovided with rollers and adapted toroll into saidrecess. I

5. A building provided with a room and a recess at one side of the room; a bed provided with rollers and adapted to chamber in .the

A recess, and means for raising and lowering said bed relative to the rollers for the 'pur-- pose of adapting the bed for use at level higher than the recess.

6. A building provided with a room and. recess opening into the room at the floor thereof, and a bed adapted to chamber in .the' recess and to iit into the. recess, said bed being provided with a footboard which forms a closure for the mouth of said recess.

7. A building provided with a primary and a secondary floor, a recess being between said floors, and a bed adapted to roll into and close said recess.

.8. Anapartment-house comprising aroom arranged above the level of a general apartmerit-floor, a recess being between the general floor and the floor of said room, and a bed adapted to fit into said recess.

9. An apartment provided with a second a china-closet or the like arranged above said secondary floor, a recess being belowsaid secondary-floor, and a bed adapted to roll into and out of said recess the chinacloset or the like being above the mouth of said recess. v

' 10, A-bullding comprising a room, a primary and a secondary floor arranged one above the. other, stairs connecting the two floors, a room or rooms arranged above said secondary floor, a recess being between said floors communicating with the firstmen tioned room, a bed adapted to fit into and close said recess, and ventilating means for said recess.

11. A building provided with three adjoining rooms having a common floor at one level and a space between two of said rooms and a floor at ahigher level in said space, said space being thus formed into another room with a recess below the same, an opening being provided into said recess from one and a'bed adaptedto chamber and close themouth thereof.

12. Aroom provided with arecess in a wall, and a horizontal bedin said recess ofsaid rooms, in Sfild'lBCGSS adapted to be moved into said room and having an end board forming a part thereof which-closes and conceals the mouth of the recess and forms a base-board for the wall of the room when the bed is in the recess.

13. An apartment-house having a main and a secondary floor, a recess between said floors, a ventilating-opening into the recess, and a vent from the recess, and a'bed in said recess closing the mouth thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Los Angeles, California, this 24th day of August, 1905.

LAWRENCE HOLMES.

In presence of- 1 JAMES R. TOWNSEND, JULIA TOWNSEND. 

